New Adventures (dance company)

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New Adventures
Formation2001
PurposeDance company
Headquarters Sadler's Wells Theatre
Location
  • Islington, London
Region served
UK and internationally
Artistic Director
Matthew Bourne
Affiliations Sadler's Wells Theatre
Website Official website

New Adventures is a British dance-theatre company. Founded by choreographer Matthew Bourne in 2001, the company developed from an earlier company Adventures in Motion Pictures, now dissolved.

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History

Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP) was established in 1987 by a group of students from London's Laban Centre, [1] including Matthew Bourne, Catherine White (now Malone), Emma Gladstone, Susan Lewis, Carrollynne Antoun, David Massingham and Keith Brazil. AMP's productions like Spitfire (1988), parodied the manners of romantic ballet dancers. [1]

By 1991, the original members of the company were working outside of AMP, [2] and Bourne held auditions for new dancers, forming a company with six core dancers, including Scott Ambler (later founder artistic associate), Etta Murfitt (now associate artistic director), Ben Wright, Ally Fitzpatrick and Jamie Watton. Their first piece together was Town & Country (1991). [2] Subsequent AMP productions included Nutcracker! (1992), Highland Fling (1994), Swan Lake (1995), Cinderella (1997) and The Car Man (2000).

In 2000, Bourne formed New Adventures with producer Robert Noble, who became co-director of the company. [2] New Adventures Limited was incorporated in January 2001. [3] New Adventures Charity (incorporated in 2008) [4] is a registered charity (charity number: 1125342) that works "To advance the education of young people, dance practitioners and the general public particularly but not exclusively through the provision of workshops and classes with specific but not exclusive reference to the dance choreography of Matthew Bourne". [5]

New Adventures has been a National Portfolio Organisation receiving funding from Arts Council England since 2015. [6]

Awards

Laurence Olivier Awards

AMP or New Adventures have received 12 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations, winning six. [7]

CategoryProductionYearNomination/Win
Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Most promising small dance company to present a West End season)Town and Country1992Nomination
Best New Dance ProductionNutcracker!1994Nomination
Best New Dance ProductionSwan Lake1996Win
Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Lez Brotherston - Set Design & Costume)Cinderella1998Win
Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Matthew Bourne - Concept and Dramatisation)The Car Man2001Nomination
Best Lighting Design (Paule Constable)Play Without Words2003Nomination
Best EntertainmentPlay Without Words2003Win
Best Choreography in Theatre (Matthew Bourne)Play Without Words2003Win
Best New Dance ProductionCinderella2011Nomination
Outstanding Achievement in Dance (Lez Brotherston - Set Design & Costume)The Sleeping Beauty2013Nomination
Best Choreography in Theatre (Matthew Bourne)The Red Shoes2017Win
Best EntertainmentThe Red Shoes2017Win

Other awards

Other awards won by AMP or New Adventures productions
AwardCategoryYear
Swan Lake
The Manchester Evening News AwardBest Touring Dance Production1996
Gay Times Readers PollOutstanding Live Performance1996
Time Out Dance AwardAdam Cooper for his performance as Swan/Stranger1996
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle AwardsBest Choreography1997
The South Bank Show AwardMatthew Bourne for his Swan Lake1997
The Evening Standard Ballet AwardsAdam Cooper for his performance as Swan/Stranger1997
Dramalogue AwardsMusical Director (David Frame)1997
Dramalogue AwardsOutstanding Performance (Adam Cooper and Scott Ambler)1997
Dramalogue AwardsDirector (Matthew Bourne)1997
Dramalogue AwardsProducer (Katherine Doré)1997
Dramalogue AwardsSet and Costume Design (Lez Brotherston)1997
Tony AwardsBest Choreography [8] 1999
Tony AwardsBest direction of a Musical [8] 1999
Astaire AwardSpecial Award for Direction, Choreography & Concept1999
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Director of a Musical (Matthew Bourne) [9] 1999
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Choreography (Matthew Bourne) [9] 1999
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Set Design of a Musical (Lez Brotherston) [9] 1999
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Costume Design (Lez Brotherston)1999
Drama Desk AwardsUnique Theatrical Experience1999
Outer Circle Critics AwardsOutstanding Director of a Musical (Matthew Bourne)1999
Outer Circle Critics AwardsOutstanding Choreography (Matthew Bourne)1999
Outer Circle Critics AwardsOutstanding Costume Design (Lez Brotherston)1999
The Car Man
Evening Standard AwardMusical Event [10] 2000
Los Angeles Drama Critics AwardBest Choreography [10] 2000
Edward Scissorhands
Drama Desk AwardUnique Theatrical Experience [11] 2007

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